Lot Essay
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PAINTINGS BY NORTHERN ARTISTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ZHAO CHENGZHI (LOTS 1149-1153)
WU JINGTING (1904-1972)/WU LEICHUAN (1870-1944)
Travelling in Shu Mountains
Details
WU JINGTING (1904-1972)/WU LEICHUAN (1870-1944)
Travelling in Shu Mountains
Folding Fan, ink and colour on paper
20 x 48 cm. (7 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, renwu year (1942)
Calligraphy on the reverse inscribed and signed by Wu Leichuan, with two seals
Dated spring, renwu year (1942)
Both sides dedicated to Chengzhi
Travelling in Shu Mountains
Folding Fan, ink and colour on paper
20 x 48 cm. (7 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dated summer, renwu year (1942)
Calligraphy on the reverse inscribed and signed by Wu Leichuan, with two seals
Dated spring, renwu year (1942)
Both sides dedicated to Chengzhi
Further details
The paintings from this collection are dedicated to Zhao Chengzhi, a familiar name often seen on published paintings by Northern artists and in the art market. The collection now comes from Zhao’s descendants and consists of five works by 20th century artists from Beijing and Tianjin. The collection manifests the friendships between Zhao and leading figures in the art and cultural field in Beijing in the 1940s. Especially rare are Various Subjects (Lot 1149) and Album of Landscape Paintings (Lot 1151), where on very rare occasions groups of renowned artists collaborated to produce a singular work.
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